What Coaching Has Actually Given Me

What Coaching Has Actually Given Me

What Coaching Has Actually Given Me

There’s something I rarely talk about directly—because it’s not always easy to name.

But a few years ago, during the beginning of my divorce, I realized I was being invited into something different.

Not just a life shift, but a deeper kind of integrity.

I was showing up strong on the outside. But I knew: I couldn’t navigate this moment with logic alone. I didn’t want to just get through it—I wanted to be honest with myself, to rebuild from solid ground.

So I signed up for the Heroic coaching program.

“Integrity is the cure for unhappiness. Period.” – Martha Beck

And I made a quiet agreement with myself: I’m going to take this seriously. I’m going to live it, not just learn it.

That season became the beginning of everything I now teach.

Every framework. Every question. Every tool I now share with others—I ran it through my own system first. I coached myself through grief, identity shifts, and all the quiet re-orienting that doesn’t show up on LinkedIn.

That wasn’t a one-time experiment either. I’ve now done the full 300-day Heroic protocol—twice.

It’s how I know this work holds. Because it’s held me.


Why Coaching Isn’t Just Helpful—It’s Grounding

What coaching gave me wasn’t advice. It was structure.

It gave me space to hear my own voice again.

To reconnect with my values.

To act from alignment—not urgency.

That kind of space is hard to create on your own. Especially when your nervous system is wired for survival, or when the pressure to produce keeps hijacking your attention.

This is why coaching continues to be part of how I build—personally and professionally.

It’s not about outsourcing decisions.

It’s about walking in your career with more clarity, resilience, and integrity.


Why This Work Matters to Me

I don’t coach from theory.

I coach from practice. From repetition. From lived experience.

And I don’t pretend to have your answers.

But I do know how to hold a space where your own clarity can rise—without performance, without pressure.

This work continues to shape me. And if you’re in a season where something deeper is asking to be named—I want to offer you that kind of presence, too.


Pause and Consider This

If you’re moving fast right now—chasing deadlines, looping through “next steps,” managing the invisible weight of figuring it all out...

What would shift if you had one hour a week where the only goal was alignment?

What might become clearer if you gave yourself a structured pause?


Join Me for Mindset Mechanics (Bi-Weekly Event)

Every other week, I host a live reflection space called Mindset Mechanics.

It’s a focused hour to reset, breathe, and reconnect with what’s true—alongside others who are also doing this work.

🗓️ Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/d3bbwRBCT-KA6E-VFcW_bQ

You’re always welcome.

Day 1, let’s go.

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